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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small Chinese firm has sued President Barack Obama for squashing its bid to build wind farms close to a naval training site, but experts say the suit is long shot for a firm that greatly underestimated U.S. suspicions about Chinese intentions. Ralls Corp, which is owned by two Chinese nationals, was installing wind turbines close to the training site in Oregon, which, according to the facility's web site, is used to test unmanned drones - a highly sensitive and prized U.S. technology.

NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) - MidAmerican Wind agreed to buy two California wind projects from a unit of Terra-Gen Power, it said on Sunday, as the Berkshire Hathaway Inc- owned company looks to increase its renewable energy assets. MidAmerican Wind, part of MidAmerican Energy Holdings, agreed to buy two wind projects in California -- the Alta Wind VII and the Alta Wind IX. Together, the projects generate 300 megawatts of renewable energy. The projects, part of the largest wind farm in the country, will provide electricity to Southern California Edison when they are complete.

* Ralls has no plan yet to divest interests * U.S. Treasury says order is specific to Ralls deal * But move echoes obstacles faced by other Chinese investors By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama blocked on Friday a privately owned Chinese company from building wind turbines close to a Navy military site in Oregon due to national security concerns, and the company said it would challenge the action in court. The rare presidential order to divest interests in the wind farms comes as Obama campaigns for a second term against Republican Mitt Romney, who has accused him of being soft on China.

WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday blocked a Chinese company from building wind turbines close to a Navy military site in Oregon due to national security concerns. The privately-owned Chinese company Ralls Corp, which had been installing wind turbine generators that had been made in China by Sany Group, will now be forced shelve its plans and divest its interest in the four wind farm projects it acquired earlier this year. The projects were all within or in the vicinity of restricted air space at a naval weapons systems training facility in Oregon, the administration said in announcing Obama's decision.

By Malia Mattoch McManus HONOLULU, June 21 (Reuters) - Residents of the tropical paradise of Lanai hope the pending purchase of Hawaii's sixth-largest island by billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison will mean improvements to its resorts and golf courses to boost tourism and provide new jobs. But the island's former owner, fellow billionaire David Murdock, is retaining the right to develop a wind farm that some residents fear will harm archeological sites and native birds.